Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-06-10
TN A TOY FACTORY.
NUREMBERG NO LONGER THE TOY
HOUSE or THE WoRLD.n

brooklyn Toy Factory Where Every
Conceivable shaped Invention for the
Amusement Of Children Is Fashioned
from Tin-Popularity Of Jingle
Old Nuremberg, Germany, can no
longer be called the toy house Of the
world. There are some six or seven
manufactures of tin toys in the United
States at the present time, and Of these
is the toy shop of Mr.. Thonass in Scher-
merhorn street, where every conceivable
shaped invention for the amusement Of
children is fashioned from tin. Al circus
is hardly more attractive than the show
in the salesrooms of the mandatory,
where elephants and horses, cancels and
sheep, gynnasts. etc, are in close con-
tiguity with velocipedes, walking dolls,
merry 60 rounds, menagerie wagons, ETC.;
In short, hundreds OF curious tin toys in
endless variety Mr.. Thomas learned his
trade III Germany, and, as necessary part
of 1t, he is an artist.
1sOf course, said he, In showing port
folio of very clever drawings, the first
thing in my business is to make thc.design
OF the toy to be manufactured. Here, for
instance is the drawing of hose; "a
outlines are cut In card board, and fro
this the staricil ii made in metal which, Is
laid on the tin, and by one sli,,of Il pr IS
is cut iaso sliape :,
On the second fioor the workinen were
busy cutting the material into shape With
machines that looked almost human
Here was suuaring machine, here a
cutting machine, here one for rounding
the tin, another for bullying It, and 50 on,
with dozen or more facilities and meth.
DDS for such processes
do you make tin sworls2 saw them
manufactured In Nuremberg last year,
and the manipulation Of tin iii this direc-
tion was most curious and interestingly
No, we do not make the swords or the
musical tops. The dealers and nlannfac-
turers over there make enough to supply
the worlds demand. Wctcannot compete
with them ii certain styles Of toys, but
we export others iii large quantities, and
the demand is growing Zach toy you
see here must pass through nlaay hands
before 1t Is perfected. You saw the draw
ing Of the horse, Well two shapes must
be cut from the metal Then the contotr
must be rounded out by another work
man, and the two parts are soldered to-
gether exactly. "A platform with little
wheels must be made to- place the horse
on, but first the horse must be painted
Several large watts pf different col9red
paints are ready to dip the TOYS IN when
necessary 1t takes but q moment for the
workman to immerse the horse in the
liquid, when, with many other toys IN the
same degree Of finish, it is carried to q
drying room on o crate and placed on q
shelf to dry. Later it is given to facial
artist for the coloring Of the eyes, nostrils,
name and tail; still another workman
fastens the horse to the platform and bell
ON its back, or parchance a Jockey. The
toy is now complete and ready for pack
ing. a pretty toy is the boy and butter
fiy with chime of bells. The boy stands
on platform with stick in his hands
Before him is butterfly poised over q
bell. The toy is wound up and runs ajott
the floor as the boy touches the butterfly
with his stick, when Che chimes ring mer-
rily.''
(Which toys are most in demands
s'Oh,r the bell toys; anything that will
make noise. We have patent dogs that
ring bells, sail boats with sailor and
chime Of bells, q picnic party on g plat
form ringing chime bells, gallopiEg ele-
plant with chime bells, goats, cameis,
and, most conical Of all, Mary and her
little lamb with chime bells
i've D0y SSS heart WQulu De deiiSnLou
with the wonderful mechanical toys-the
tWenty-one inch steamboat that moved as
though propelled by steam, and the loco
motives and buggies, the steam fire en-
gines with the horses and flremen CONF
plete, the railroad trains, the city street
cars, elevated railways with cars and en-
CINE that move on them, the carrousel
with horses and riders, footmen ard